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What took place 64 yrs ago today?

patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
edited June 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
D-Day June 6th 1944



May we never forget those brave men and boys who came onto shore along the French coast. Take a moment this morning to remember the sacrifice so many of them made for us.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=48t7h-LKNfU

peace
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  • gabersgabers Posts: 2,787
    I think this is one thread we can all get behind. A noble cause so many gave their lives for.
  • patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    gabers wrote:
    I think this is one thread we can all get behind. A noble cause so many gave their lives for.


    I feel at times that people around my age forget or have no idea what happened on this day. I hope I'm wrong but I worry about that. We owe those men so much and to not forget. So many of them payed with there lives for our freedom. War is hell but freedom isn't free either.

    peace
  • chimechime Posts: 7,839
    This kind of goes with a story I read earlier today ... a survivor of the Battle of the Somme. It's hard to imagine 300,000 killed, 1,500,000 casualties in one battle.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7439117.stm

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7439458.stm
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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    Chime wrote:
    This kind of goes with a story I read earlier today ... a survivor of the Battle of the Somme. It's hard to imagine 300,000 killed, 1,500,000 casualties in one battle.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7439117.stm

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7439458.stm
    It was a prolonged battle...really a meat grinder...in WWI, the technology had surpassed the tactics. The battles between the Russians and the Turks were just as bad.
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    Bump to not forget today.
  • stickfig13stickfig13 Posts: 1,532
    Those guys were hard!!!
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,240
    The Greatest Generation Ever.
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  • libragirllibragirl Posts: 4,632
    gabers wrote:
    I think this is one thread we can all get behind. A noble cause so many gave their lives for.

    definitely.
    These cuts are leaving creases. Trace the scars to fit the pieces, to tell the story, you don't need to say a word.
  • you areyou are Posts: 1,651
    wow....thanks for posting this.
    No need to be void, or save up on life...
    You got to spend it all
  • patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    Also 66 yrs The Battle of Midway took place. Huge navel battle and victory for the U.S. Of course many lives were lost in that battle so its hard to say victory. But it was a important victory because it weakened the Japanese fleet.

    I'm not trying to sound like a now it all. But I had two Grandfathers that served in WWII and took part in D-Day. Growing up I learned alot from them. And as they both grew older they finally started talking about what they did during the war. Both have passed away so I feel it's important to remember them. And not forget what their generation did so we could all enjoy the freedom that many of us have.


    peace
  • the wolfthe wolf Posts: 7,027
    bump. :)
    Peace, Love.

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  • you areyou are Posts: 1,651
    patrickredeyes wrote:
    Also 66 yrs The Battle of Midway took place. Huge navel battle and victory for the U.S. Of course many lives were lost in that battle so its hard to say victory. But it was a important victory because it weakened the Japanese fleet.

    I'm not trying to sound like a now it all. But I had two Grandfathers that served in WWII and took part in D-Day. Growing up I learned alot from them. And as they both grew older they finally started talking about what they did during the war. Both have passed away so I feel it's important to remember them. And not forget what their generation did so we could all enjoy the freedom that many of us have.


    peace

    i was wondering if you were in the military or grew up with someone who was in the military...anyway, that's amazing that they could share that bit of history with you. :)
    No need to be void, or save up on life...
    You got to spend it all
  • patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    you are wrote:
    i was wondering if you were in the military or grew up with someone who was in the military...anyway, that's amazing that they could share that bit of history with you. :)

    One of them was a gunner on a ship and my other Grandfather landed on Omaha. He told me yrs b4 he died that he saw things that no man should ever see. He watched Saving Private Ryan just once and said it was just like that but 10 times worse. Talking about the beginning of the movie and how bad it was.

    If anything I'm glad some of you learned something today. lol

    Not being a smartass I swear. :)
  • you areyou are Posts: 1,651
    patrickredeyes wrote:
    One of them was a gunner on a ship and my other Grandfather landed on Omaha. He told me yrs b4 he died that he saw things that no man should ever see. He watched Saving Private Ryan just once and said it was just like that but 10 times worse. Talking about the beginning of the movie and how bad it was.

    If anything I'm glad some of you learned something today. lol

    Not being a smartass I swear. :)

    wow, i love hearing about those stories....not the part about seeing things that no one should see, but the fact that they experienced it and lived through it and have amazing stories to tell. and i cannot watch those movies!

    i knew about this event in history, but sometimes we need a reminder. and i know you are not being a smartass. ;)
    No need to be void, or save up on life...
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  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    My Grandfather was in Air Corps....North Africa and Italy...the Fightin' 15th Air Force. He's still with us....and loves to tell the tales.

    The Greatest Generation.
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • OffHeGoes29OffHeGoes29 Posts: 1,240
    I agree, I feel America has a lot to learn and thank for that Generation. People today can't understand what they went through growing up during the depression and to have fought a war against all odds during the scariest time in world history.
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  • jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    Great work to bring this up. My grandad went into France just less than a week after the D Day landings, he used to tell us little bits about it, like apart from everything else, they just slept rough wherever they found shelter for all the time they were there, 'clearing out'. I'll just use his case as an example, it's amazing to think they just took this guy from down a coal mine and gave him basic training and a rifle, and said, "there you go son, go save the world". The greatest generation for sure, no doubt about that.
    And he's still going, 96!
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    jamie uk wrote:
    And he's still going, 96!

    That's so awesome!!!
  • jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    patrickredeyes wrote:
    That's so awesome!!!

    Well, even though his body is giving out, his mind is still sharp as a tac.
    Just think, down a coal mine at 14 years old, married at 18, by mid 20's there's 3 kids and you're working after the mine, on building sites to make extra money...then you get called in to fight in the war!!!
    Whenever I stop and think about it like that, it amazes me ever more, awesome people, every one of them.
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    jamie uk wrote:
    Well, even though his body is giving out, his mind is still sharp as a tac.
    Just think, down a coal mine at 14 years old, married at 18, by mid 20's there's 3 kids and you're working after the mine, on building sites to make extra money...then you get called in to fight in the war!!!
    Whenever I stop and think about it like that, it amazes me ever more, awesome people, every one of them.


    And IMO I don't think another generation could do what they did. Thanks for sharing your story about your grandad. :)
  • LizardLizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    bump again.

    the only thing i saw in the newspaper was TODAY........sheesh
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    Lizard wrote:
    bump again.

    the only thing i saw in the newspaper was TODAY........sheesh



    Pretty sad IMO. :(
  • cuyler41cuyler41 Posts: 387
    Bump for these Great Men.
  • patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    cuyler41 wrote:
    Bump for these Great Men.


    This will just make you cry. Major Dick Winters from Easy Company. Great and such brave men.

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=eeWXoYHgmTU
  • EquallyWorthlessEquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    gabers wrote:
    I think this is one thread we can all get behind. A noble cause so many gave their lives for.


    Indeed.
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  • Slip KidSlip Kid Posts: 1,175
    Nice, i've always been into this part of world history

    it's so amazing that back then people cared for each other and cared for the country

    good thread
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